My new, final resting place

Talk about extremes.

I just watched the Weather Channel and learned at the top of the country, Buffalo, NY, got 7 feet of snow yesterday. Here near Orlando, the temp today is supposed to be near 70 degrees.

As much as I dislike Florida, I think I'm glad I'm here, not there.

And it's good I came here. The truck needs a PM and the shop here in Winter Haven is now 7-days a week, so I get the stupid wipers fixed - who knows; maybe I'll be able to see out without leaning over! - and perhaps even get the leaky DEF cap replaced. Yaaay!

 

Hopefully, I get a plan today. Since out payroll cutoff is Monday at 4:00 pm local and I'm sitting here at our terminal, this week's check is going to be quite anemic.

 

So there it is. I get a plan and get to the shipper only to find out - after a great deal of checking by all kinds of people - that my load was taken "by mistake" by another WEL driver...and he was allowed to leave the property by security even though the bills didn't match!

So I have his load going to the same place. As I was leaving at about 9:00 pm, I wondered where I was going to do for a parking spot. I am, after all, not far south of Atlanta...

Just as I was querying the RM, an almost-empty shopping center parking lot with a bunch of parked trucks magically appears on my right.

So let's see: Out-of-business dark grocery store + large, dark parking lot + other trucks = what?

Yup. Problem Solved!

 

From somewhere south of Louisville, this:

Some days you eats the bear. Some days the bear eats you.

There's not much left of me this day, so g'night.

 

I don't need to be home much but when I do, my DM works a plan within a week, which works for me. Right now, for example, I'm headed that way for hometime I asked for about 3 days ago. The coordinating takes some energy, but there's always food going to Meijer and other receivers in Western Michigan.

As for how long between application and orientation, it can happen very, very quickly or you can stretch it out. It depends on your needs, really.

I'm a big supporter of WEL and heartily recommend them.

 

That's good to know. It wasn't me and the only reasons I didn't feel bad about parking there were no signs prohibiting it; an out-of-business building; and a bunch of other trucks already there. It was an uneventful and quiet night.